Rat Rod

Gear Cable - finally

2009-08-26T23:22:00.002+02:00

Have this week made the holder for the shiftcable.
So next time tha chassie goes on, I will be able to change gear
and maybe get the car running, finally.

Brake central system

2009-08-26T22:50:00.002+02:00

Now the central brake system are ready, looks really nice. I'm doing the final "go-throu" on the frame now, will call the SFRO guy soon.

Out in the sun, finally

2009-06-24T23:13:00.002+02:00

Finally, out ion the sun, looks really neat. I have a couple of weeks more to go before ready to drive.

Laud pipe's are so cool

2009-06-03T22:22:00.003+02:00

Have now finally got the pipes mounted on the engine. Also connected to the pipes under the car. Really neat!

Electricity - many wires - great scott!

2009-05-10T08:35:00.002+02:00

Have the last day been connecting a lot of wire on the Rod, are ½ way now. Many cables, a lot of connecting and thinking. A hard job, but it must be done.

The Rubber are in place

2009-05-07T22:35:00.002+02:00

Looki, looki, really nice. Today I've picked up the 8" wide rims with the new 235" wide wheels.
Looks cruel, and will be nice for driftin'

Lightning strikes, nearly

2009-05-03T17:52:00.003+02:00

I have this week also started to install the wiring in the car. I bought from Usa a ready kit that of course also ned added cable work to left/right direction light and brake and more. But itś fairly easy and a "ready to go" package

Gear stick are installed

2009-05-03T17:36:00.004+02:00

Have welded and mounted the gearstick this weekend, now itś starting to look like a car, -finally.

Painted black

2009-04-29T07:16:00.004+02:00

The rollercage are now painted and here you see it in position in the car. WIll really help the safety of the car if an accident acures.

Hood, welded and surfaced with PP

2009-04-26T19:43:00.003+02:00

Have now welded and started to make the surface with Plastic padding. The surface needs to be plain and nice lookin'

Rolling Cage

2009-04-26T19:35:00.004+02:00

Today I have bended and welded a rolling cage,

Hood extension

2009-04-25T20:38:00.005+02:00

After the 3:rd brake ligt I've moved on with the hood. Itś extended the hood with 70mm and also made an 15 degree angle adjustement in the rear against the the coole cover. Looks nice don't you agree?

Brake it !

2009-04-25T20:25:00.003+02:00

Today I have made a construction in the rear end to, where I have built a "home" for my Volvo 745 3:rd brake light.

Hood, trial mountin'

2009-04-20T22:03:00.002+02:00

Tonight I did a testmount of the hood. It was to short and also needed a new angle in the front. I have drilled two round holes in the hood for letting air in to the carburetors. Not really needed since the hood are no covering more than a 1/3 of the engine. But I t will look different and this are mainly the reason for these holes.

Gas, needs to be onboard

2009-04-19T21:23:00.003+02:00

What you see is a Audi 80 petrol tank that I have rewelded the inlet
of the tank and now in in the backseat of the rat rod. 70 liter of fun.

Wheel are mounted

2009-04-19T21:01:00.006+02:00

Today finally the steering wheel were mounted. It's a complete unit from a Ford Scorpio. The big advantage is that's inclusive the
collision barrier that are needed for making the registration control.

Deßign from Italy

2009-04-19T20:51:00.002+02:00

Looki looki, this rat rod has great design from Östersund to Italy.

The body has body

2009-04-19T20:15:00.002+02:00

This weekend the body has got a real "go throu" The final welding are done and body now has body cover. Rock*n Rat Rod!

Electricity step 1

2009-04-17T06:39:00.003+02:00

Have started to make preparations for the wireing, have drilled holes so I can mount the electrical cables to the headlight, horn and turning signals.

Far Out! Headers throu the body.

2009-04-17T06:22:00.002+02:00

I have decided for the real style with headers going in 45 degres angle from the engine, of course on both sides. This results that I have to make hole in the frame and also in the body. Will look really neat once installed and ready. Here are the lower part.

The fan are in place

2009-04-17T06:13:00.003+02:00

Was to the car scrapyard yesterday and I founded a nice fan to the engine cooler. Now mounted with style!

200 cm rims-Rock'n Rod

2009-04-15T21:08:00.004+02:00

I have bought rims that are
1. Original Volvo 240 rims
2. Cutń welded to wider size, now 200 cm!
I'm going to get nice wide rubber to mount on them, like 275 x 15

Ingnition Coil - now in place

2009-04-14T23:30:00.002+02:00

I have tonight - also made the holder for the Ignition coil. I've made it
really funky and the idea are to make parts a bit crazy!

Honk, honk

2009-04-14T23:23:00.002+02:00

Have tonight mounted an old "new" ahoogachoogaa horn in the front below one of the headlights. Nice with old style and old sound.

2009-04-13T21:37:00.003+02:00

Working, not working, working, ha haa. Have today mounted the front
turning lights I'm a little unsure where to mount them, we will see
what the SFRO man will say. I might maybe need to move these lights
later on to pass the registrationtest.

Headlight are mounted

2009-04-11T08:39:00.003+02:00

I have made a decision to mount the headlights low and with attitude. I think this will be fine, my idea are to mount the as low as possible but still not in the way for the suspension and the shockers.

Shocker are connected....

2009-04-05T20:18:00.003+02:00

This' mornin' I've had a ½ Hour with thinking and thinking about best way to make the holding plate for the shockers. Itś been a long ½ Hour. This and that and so or not so. Puuh.....
Finally I've made this construction. See how I did it. I'm trying to be "lean and mean" to get the Rat Rod to be only working and not much more.

Drive Shaft...........(from Lost)

2009-04-04T20:20:00.004+02:00

Look nearly done, have cut ń welded some old Volvo parts. The front part w/ the Joint are from the back part from an Volvo 240 driveshaft, amazingly it fits exactly to the Borg Warner gearbox from England. Sometimes I seem to be lucky. The 2:nd part are from an old Volvo Amazon that I've bought from the net. Again, amazing the drive shaft from the older Amazon (~65) fits directly to the newer (~84) Joint from the Volvo 240. Talk about practical! Anyway here you see the result, it's missing a 2:nd Volvo 240 Joint and then the driveshaft are complete. Note that the gearbox and the rear axle both have steel discs which means that the driveshaft must be a two part with splines that can move in and out when the rear axle are going up and down when I drive.

Shockers!

2009-04-04T12:53:00.003+02:00

Have bought old shockers that are brand new, from a Ford Taunus. Have now made new mounting brackets to hold the upper mounting point. The lower for the axle must be made and I need to think how. One thing are for sure, it must be really strong!

Brake system w/ brake pedal

2009-04-04T12:44:00.004+02:00

I have this mornin' constructed ready the brake central with a homemade brake pedal. The body for the pedal is made by my friend Kent, thanks again man!!

A man needs -- a good Engine!

2009-04-03T23:42:00.004+02:00

I got a really neat engine to this build, itś a Buick/Rover V8 3,5 Liters w/a Borg Warner automatic gearbox. Will do the job just great and will fit like a glove in the rod. The really great thing with this engine are that itś a made in aluminium, the weight are about 50% compared with a steel V8. It will make the weight on this Rat Rod build to somewhere around 850 - 900 kg. As you know the acceleration between 0-100km are all about weight and horsepower ratio!

Volvo In the front

2009-04-03T23:15:00.005+02:00

Hello, whats this? As you see I have started to fix the brakes in the front, in the picture you see the steel axle of the rod. In the left picture I am drilling the steel holder plates for the Volvo brake cylinders to be mounted on the Amazon spindles. My friend Kent did help me to get the plates and also bended them into shape, thank you man!

A tough Job

2009-04-03T22:59:00.003+02:00

I had a challenge the other evening, I must connect the brakepedal with the brakecylinder and just where the axle sould go there are a exhaustpipe, shit!
So I thought and thought some more and here you see the result, I made a frame instead for a brake axle. Pretty neat and it should work real fine.

Right Style YEEAH

2009-04-01T00:11:00.002+02:00

Here you see the exhaust going into to the frame, I will make headers on the engine and from the back end of these I will make a connection straight down to this pipe. Will be used both on long distance and soft driving and cruising.

More framework

2009-03-31T23:56:00.003+02:00

More work on the frame, I have cut holes for the exhaust pipes so they can run throu the frame. I have now mounted standard Volvo 240 (year 84-) mufflers. It's a really neat installation. Look yourself.

Brakes mounted

2009-03-29T22:51:00.006+02:00

I have this weekend mounted brakelines and brakecylinder. A lot of hours, when itś ready it just looks ½ an Hour of work, unfair ain't it?

Floored! He, hee

2009-03-29T22:43:00.002+02:00

This week I have welded in the floor in the rod, also painted it white and sealed it with black body silicone.

Steering gear

2009-03-14T15:10:00.004+01:00

I had an new Vega steering box laying back in the garage. Here' s test mount with a clamp. Will fit fine and the axle will be grinded to fit the Volvo 850 steering column. Neat!

Steering

2009-03-12T22:22:00.002+01:00

I building the steering with parts from a Volvo 850, you can see it in this picture. Tonight I've made holder plates for it.

The spring has arrived

2009-03-12T21:55:00.003+01:00

Today, finally the parcel from Speedway motors U.S came to my door. Itś the front spring and the hinges for it, was ordered for over 5 weeks ago. I will make an traditional installation.

The original "Big" boy

2009-02-28T23:32:00.006+01:00

The Man, the Myth, the legend! I've got a signed photo in a frame with John Le Math:s signature - "John Milner" in the movie, in original. Great Scott! Got to be worth a fortune.

Behind the dash

2009-02-28T23:26:00.002+01:00

The instrument panel are mounted with two clamps, also a glass front are glued in place now. Looks neat -right?

Dash new look, instrument!

2009-02-28T23:16:00.002+01:00

I've mounted a old Opel instrument panel in the Rat Rod. Looks pretty neat, I think. The rod are moving a little forward slowly.

Rear axle suspension - start to mount it!

2009-02-26T23:44:00.003+01:00

Today, the parcel came from U.S. -finally.There were a complete kit for the rear axle
Look really neat. Hope I choosed the correct spring, I mean the weight are importent.
Well I will see that later - right!

Get seated

2009-02-18T23:23:00.004+01:00

Tonight I have made first trial mount of body on the frame and also adjusted the rear seat that i bought in a add on the net. Look really neat, don't you think so?

The rear axle

2009-02-18T07:31:00.003+01:00

I'm gonna use cheap part for this build, the picture shows the rearaxle - from a Volvo 240 series. The idea are that this car are basic, meaning simple as hell. Only the part needed for driving, and of course safety and last the traffic rules we have in sweden. I 'm talking about lights, turn signals, reflex but - nothing else.

A engine gets a new home

2009-02-17T22:21:00.005+01:00

A Rover V8 aluminium engine with auto tranny are the source
in my Rat Rod build.The engine are all in aluminium so itś really light.

What's a Rat Rod?

2009-02-17T21:46:00.002+01:00

Here's a Rat Rod, you gotta like it!

The birth of a Rat Rod

2009-02-17T21:41:00.000+01:00

Today it was the first night in the garage of the Rat Rod build